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GARDAÍ IN DUBLIN have seized four firearms, ammunition and €18,000 worth of cocaine during a search in Finglas last night.
The search operation was conducted by Gardaí from the Divisional Drug Unit, the K Divisional Task Force and the District Detective Unit, with assistance from the Armed Support Unit, following intelligence received relating to an ongoing investigation into the sale and supply of drugs in the area.
A house and two vehicles were searched in a residential estate.
Gardaí seized a handgun, ammunition and €18,000 of suspected cocaine – subject to analysis – after searching one of the vehicles.
Gardaí then recovered a sawn-off Browning shotgun, a SAKO rifle, a rifle of .22 calibre with scope, and ammunition from a second car.
All firearms have been sent to the Ballistics Unit for analysis, Gardaí said.
Both vehicles have been seized for further technical examination. Investigations are ongoing.
In a separate operation in Louth yesterday, Gardaí attached to the Dundalk Drugs and Crime Unit conducted a surveillance operation and observed what was deemed a suspicious transaction in the Castlebellingham area.
A car was stopped a short time later and Gardaí conducted a search of the vehicle and its occupants.
During the course of the search, €50,000 worth of suspected cocaine – pending analysis – was seized along with £12,000 Pound Sterling.
Four people were arrested during the course of the incident – one woman and three men all aged in their 30s.
All four are currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 in Dundalk and Drogheda Garda Stations respectively.
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Another good capture, keep it going lads.
Great to see dangerous guns out of hands of criminals. Well done Gardai.
It’s a pity the law can’t be changed to take the funding stream of illegal drugs away from these nut job gangsters.
@john doe: there a lots of laws which attempt to prevent this!
Concurrent sentencing no doubt for the 4 firearms and drugs convictions. If there is a conviction that is.
@Nioe: —-But the full bonanza payment to their Free Legal Aid team!
Think the photo should say .22 rifle and not rifle 22!
@Celtic Spirit: and what criminal ever uses a rifle? Are they not more likely to use a handgun? Even the likes of the uzis and ak’s that have been seized in the past, who uses them? Are they used as part payment for stuff?
@JustBEERbarry:
They are used to demand payment for stuff!
@JustBEERbarry: I’d say so can’t really use the small ones. Never mind a rifle, might get the tracksuit dirty.
@JustBEERbarry: The Whitehall hotel attack was with AKs, & they probably reckon they are intimidating defensive firearms.
They havnt all gone away, yknow.
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